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Elaine66

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I am on a budget and want to buy a speed light. What's the difference in manual and TTL? I have a D5100 - will a YN560 III wireless speed light fit onto my camera. Wireless means it will be ok with my camera right? Is it difficult or can I just put it on and follow the manual easily? Thanks in advance :)
 
SkvLTD

SkvLTD

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Honestly, go my route and you won't regret it.

First Impressions ? Yongnuo 565 EX for Nikon (YN-565 EX) | SKVORA LIMITED

TTL will communicate w/ 5100 and adjust itself as the camera deems fit, whereas manual is just manual. You won't be able to use proper wireless slave mode without a separate trigger unit, but the optical slave works quite well. Basically, you set your on-board to lowest power (or whatever you want) and Yongnuo watches for that flash to go off and fires itself to whatever you set it to. It's quite nifty to learn flash placement without dabbling into triggers and such.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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Elaine66 said:
I am on a budget and want to buy a speed light. What's the difference in manual and TTL? I have a D5100 - will a YN560 III wireless speed light fit onto my camera. Wireless means it will be ok with my camera right? Is it difficult or can I just put it on and follow the manual easily? Thanks in advance :)
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When you talk wireless you are referring to the commander mode. The D5100 does not have that function. You will have to move up to the D7000 or buy wireless triggers or use the optical slave like SkvLTD is talking about.
 
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WayneF

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Elaine66 said:
I am on a budget and want to buy a speed light. What's the difference in manual and TTL? I have a D5100 - will a YN560 III wireless speed light fit onto my camera. Wireless means it will be ok with my camera right? Is it difficult or can I just put it on and follow the manual easily? Thanks in advance :)
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No, the YN560III is Not wireless with your camera. It has builtin radio trigger that is compatible with the Yongnuo RF-602, 603 triggers.

Manual flash is the opposite of point&shoot flash. It means you manually set the power level for every flash picture you take. You fully control the exposure yourself, every one of them.

Your cameras internal flash has a menu to set TTL or Manual. Set it to Manual flash and try it out (in a couple of different situations).

You surely want a TTL flash (which may also have a manual model to play with).

See Beginners Guide to Select a Hot Shoe Flash - and Compare Power Rating of Flashes with Guide Numbers
 
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Geoffc

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The very nature of your question means you need TTL or you will spend more time asking questions than taking pictures. Most TTL flashes can do manual as well, but not the other way round.
 
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